NFF president opens talks with Eberechi Eze

NFF president opens talks with Eberechi Eze

By Adejuyigbe olorunfemi

The President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has said that he has started discussions with Queens Parks Rangers’ player Eberechi Eze, trying to convince him to play for Nigeria, Bsnsports.com.ng reports

Eze once trained with the Super Eagles before a friendly against Burkina Faso was cancelled in March 2017; After that incident, Eze has featured for England U20s, playing seven friendly matches for them.

England are also in contention for his allegiance, after calling him up for the Euro 2020 qualifier against Albania.

”I have been talking to him (Eze), I speak to him every day, I speak to his father, I speak to everybody. He’s an excellent player, he loves this country that I can tell you.

”He is a young player, he wants to be given a bit of time but I talk to his dad, I talk to him, I’ll meet them soon in London, we cannot allow such a talent to go.

”And he even told me jokingly, ‘President I want to be the captain of Nigeria someday’, I was so excited about that and said, ‘Why not, you play like Jay-Jay, Jay-Jay was captain so you can be another captain’.

”He loves this country, I don’t think we want to allow that talent to go,” Pinnick said on a Channels TV sports programme.

Eze's performance has called for attention after scoring six goals and rendering four assists for QPR this season in 16 games.